Kamala Harris Claims She Had ‘Reliable’ Info About Kavanaugh Convo On Mueller Probe

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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Thursday followed up on her mysterious question for Brett Kavanaugh with a claim that she had “reliable” information that the Supreme Court nominee was involved in a conversation about special counsel Robert Mueller with someone at the law firm of President Trump’s personal lawyer.

The revelation, however, led to something of an anticlimax.

She reiterated her questioned from Wednesday evening: whether Kavanaugh had a conversation about Mueller’s probe with someone at Marc Kasowitz’s firm, Kasowitz Benson Torres.

Kavanaugh again tried to get her to clarify if there was someone at the firm she had in mind, and she declined to do so.

“The subject of the question is you and whether you were part of a conversation regarding special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation,” Harris said.

“The answer is no,” Kavanaugh said, and Harris moved on.

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  1. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    “The revelation, however, turned out to be somewhat anti-climatic.”

    Please leave the climate denials to the bad guys.

    I’m not sure it was even anti-climactic. His hand-in-the-cookie-jar response to the first 15 versions of the question pretty much proved he’s hiding something.

  2. What’s that saying about “Successful lawyers never ask questions they don’t already know the answer to”?

    One day later: “The answer is no,” Kavanaugh said, likely lying through his teeth. But Kamala knows.

  3. Avatar for clare clare says:

    I wonder if she wanted to get a no from him before releasing the info she has …. though time is running out. Does she get another opportunity to question him before this ends?

  4. “The subject of the question is you and whether you were part of a conversation regarding special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation,” Harris said.

    “The answer is no,” Kavanaugh said.

    And now it’s on record.

    From which it will haunt your broken dreams and shattered reputation until the day you die.

    Like a careless night of drunken revelry that forever ruined a once-promising life.

    Crush him.

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